Thursday, July 29, 2010

Surprise Birthday Gift Cake (And Yes, A Little More Purple...)

I LOVE creating cakes that will be a BIG surprise for the recipient.

Yesterday I made this cake for a client, who lives out-of-state and she wanted to surprise her twin daughters, one of whom I'm friends with and she lives in this area (her sister was in town visiting). She told me what kind of cake she wanted and that she wanted it to have a fondant bow on it. The rest she left up to me to decide how to decorate it.

Since it was a White-Lemon Sunshine Cake, I thought that the purple would be a great contrasting color to the yellow. And since we know from this post, that purple is the trend for fancy cakes, it just seemed like the right choice to make. I really wanted this cake to have some elegant and special details for the decorations, so fondant flowers was the perfect way to decorate this surprise gift cake.

I was really happy with the end result! I also realized that I may need to do more cakes with fondant flowers, because they add a touch of elegance and I really enjoy making them--it's so relaxing (let me clarify, relaxing when you've planned ahead, not so much when you have hundreds to make the night before an event), but in this case, it really was relaxing to sit and be creative for a little while.

It was so exciting to deliver this cake and see the looks of surprise and joy on both of their faces when I explained that this was a gift from their mother. It was a good GREAT day.

Love the purple and yellow combo. I'm learning how to make the bow at my Wilton class this week, can't wait. Love the little fondant flowers too! If you have time, how did you make the little "card" with the message. Is that fondant too?

Flowers bouquets can be a very thoughtful gift. These bouquets can be for any occasion. Whether it's a wedding or a birthday or any such cause for celebration, you can always show your loved ones your appreciation with a flower bouquet.

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Definition of Discover

discover -1) a: to make known or visableb: display2) to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time; find, to make a discovery.

syn ~ ascertain, determine, unearth, learn: discover presupposes exploration, investigation, or chance encounter and always implies the previous existene of what becomes known; ascertain implies effort to find the facts or the truth proceeding from awareness of ignorance or uncertainty; determine emphaszies the intent to establish the facts definitely or precisely; unearth implies bringing to light something forgotten or hidden; learn may imply acquring knowledge with little effort or conscious intention (as simply being told); it may imply study and practice, but usually does not stress active search.

The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before.

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Jill's Favorite Food Quotes

"Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life." ~ Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)

"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate." ~ Julia Child

"There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't and that's a wife who can't cook and will." ~ Robert Frost (1847-1963)